California storm leaves thousands without power, another ‘atmospheric river’ looms

By Jorge Garcia and Steve Gorman SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (Reuters) -Utility crews in northern California worked to restore power to tens of thousands of homes on Friday following two days of fierce winds and torrential rain, even as the region braced for another onslaught of stormy weather heading into the weekend. The next bout of …

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Ukrainians mark Orthodox Christmas in Europe with a prayer to return home

By Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska and Riham Alkousaa WARSAW/BERLIN (Reuters) -Victoria, a Ukrainian refugee, is celebrating Orthodox Christmas in Poland with a simple prayer – that next year she will be back at home. The 40-year-old is one of the millions of Ukrainians who have fled the Russian invasion of their homeland and are marking the holiday …

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Irán ahorca a dos hombres acusados de matar a un agente de seguridad durante las protestas

7 ene (Reuters) – Irán ahorcó el sábado a dos hombres por matar presuntamente a un miembro de las fuerzas de seguridad durante las protestas que siguieron a la muerte de Mahsa Amini, una joven kurda iraní de 22 años, lo que provocaba la condena de la Unión Europea (UE), Estados Unidos y otros países …

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Hallan dos cadáveres en el tren aterrizaje de un avión de Avianca en Colombia

BOGOTÁ, 6 ene (Reuters) – La aerolínea Avianca informó el sábado del hallazgo de los cadáveres de dos personas que viajaban de forma irregular en el tren de aterrizaje de una avión de la empresa colombiana. Los dos hombres fueron encontrados el viernes en el vuelo AV116 de la ruta Santiago de Chile-Bogotá, que llegó …

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Tesla owners in China protest against surprise price cuts they missed

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Hundreds of Tesla owners gathered at the automaker’s showrooms and distribution centres in China over the weekend, demanding rebates and credit after sudden price cuts they said meant they had overpaid for electric cars they bought earlier. On Saturday, about 200 recent buyers of the Tesla Model Y and Model 3 gathered at …

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Abortion, China, big government: Republicans gear up to flex U.S. House muscles

By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hours after Republican leader Kevin McCarthy finally clinched the U.S. House speaker role, his party was already rolling out its initial legislative steps: the creation of committees to investigate China and the “weaponization of the federal government,” and a bill that could potentially limit abortion care nationwide. McCarthy won …

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